The Kansas Supreme Court rules that the bill passed last week to fix problems with the state's education funding formula is acceptable and it won't shut down the schools.

No school shutdown as Kansas Supreme Court accepts state's school funding fix

The Kansas Supreme Court rules that the bill passed last week to fix problems with the state's education funding formula is acceptable and it won't shut down the schools.

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Updated: 6:21 PM CDT Jun 28, 2016

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WEBVTT COURT APPROVES THE STATE'S SCHOOL FUNDING FIX. THIS COMING AFTER LAWYERS FOR THE STATE OF KANSAS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS SUING THEM CAME TO AN AGREEMENT. THE THREAT OF A SCHOOL SHUTDOWN NO LONGER NECESSARY. OUR MICHAEL MAHONEY HAS THE LATEST MICHAEL KANSAS LAWMAKERS STRUCK : A SCHOOL FUNDING DEAL LATE LAST WEEK. A DEAL AIMED AT FIXING THE STATE'S SCHOOL FUNDING PROGRAM SO THE STATE SUPREME COURT WOULD NOT SHUT DOWN THE SCHOOLS. THIS IS ONE OF THE DEAL'S DOCUMENTS SIGNED FRIDAY, CONTAINING THE SIGNATURES OF SEVERAL OF THE LAWYERS AND KANSAS SENATE PRESIDENT SUSAN WAGL THAT SCHOOL DEAL HAS NOW BEEN CONVERTED INTO A LEGAL BRIEF SENT TO THE KANSAS SUPRME COUR PART OF IT READS, "KANSAS SDCHOOLS ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED," ADDING "NO REMEMDY IS NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME." THAT IS, NO SCHOOL SHUTDOWN. KANSAS SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT SUED THE STATE. LIKE MANY DISTRICTS HAD DRAWN UP EMERGENCY PLANS TO DEAL WITH A SHUTDOWN SO IT CERTAINLY TOOK ENERGY AWAY AND FOCUS AWAY BUT IN THE END, WE DID GET IT FIXED. MICHAEL AS THE KANSAS SUPRME : COURT ANNOUNCES ISACCEPTS THE LATEST SCHOOL FUNDING PLAN AND THERE WILL BE NO COURT-ORDERED SCHOOL SHUTDOWN.

No school shutdown as Kansas Supreme Court accepts state's school funding fix

The Kansas Supreme Court rules that the bill passed last week to fix problems with the state's education funding formula is acceptable and it won't shut down the schools.